5. Scottish Fold

The special Scottish fold cat breeds are better known for their unique ears, folded forward and down. It is the dominant gene-mutation that causes the ears to bend like this. It also gives a clean rounded appearance for the head of Scottish fold cats. The Scottish fold also has large rounded eyes and a round face. It gives a complete pretty round look for Scottish fold cat.

Unlike matured cats the Scottish fold kittens have straight ears and it begins to fold after three weeks from the birth. There are both long haired and short haired Scottish fold cats.

Their coat has a verity of colors including chocolate, blue, red, lavender and different combinations of white. Scottish folds are playful and very affectionate. They also used to sit in ‘Buddha position’ by balancing the body on hind legs.

The Scottish Fold is a breed of domestic cat with a natural dominant-gene mutation that affects cartilage throughout the body, causing the ears to “fold”, bending forward and down towards the front of their head, which gives the cat what is often described as an “owl-like” appearance.

Originally called lop-eared or lops after the lop-eared rabbit, Scottish Fold became the breed’s name in 1966. Depending on registries, longhaired Scottish Folds are varyingly known as Highland Fold, Scottish Fold Longhair, Longhair Fold and Coupari.